Sunday 15 September 2013September 13, 2013 (AGOK, Abyei) – A senior official from Abyei has called for unity ahead of the proposed self-determination referendum in the disputed region. Deng Alor Kuol (Photo Reuters/Lucas Jackson)
Deng Alor, a former (...)

Friday 22 March 2013March 21, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudanese president Salva Kiir has issued a decree appointing Edward Lino the new co-chair of the Abyei Joint Oversight Committee (AJOC). Members of the Abyei Joint Oversight Committee at a meeting (AU) (...)

Friday 13 September 2013September 12, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudanese president Salva Kiir Mayardit has urged the citizens of the contested region of Abyei to return home in preparation for a referendum vote, despite Khartoum’s rejection of the African (...)

Sunday 5 May 2013May 4, 2013 (JUBA)- Kuol Deng Kuol, the paramount chief of the Nine Ngok Dinka of the disputed border region of Abyei has been killed in an ambush, officials here said today. Troops from the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) in (...)

Thursday 19 April 2012April 18, 2012 (AWEIL) - The African Union (AU) on Wednesday urged both Sudan and South Sudan to “act responsibly” and immediately end the current conflict between their armed forces, as demanded by the international community.
The AU (...)

Monday 4 March 2013March 3, 2013 (JUBA) – Prospects for a peaceful resolution of the dispute in Abyei remain “bleak” with international actors failing to bring the two conflicting parties to a political solution, a Geneva-based research group has said. (...)

Monday 27 August 2012August 26, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan’s government has back racked from its initial decision to send a steering committee to Abyei, putting an end to recent tensions over the administrative status of the contested area. Internally (...)

Tuesday 14 August 2012August 13, 2012 (JUBA) - The Abyei Joint Oversight Committee (AJOC) have signed a pact highlighting the necessity to strengthen social ties and to embrace living in harmony to restore and promote peaceful coexistence between the groups (...)

What to do with Salah?2018-02-14 05:39:22
By Magdi El Gizouli
In a flattering piece from 1973 the New York Times picked up one of Jafaar Nimayri’s nicknames. Sudan's president from 1969 to 1985 was known as “Sartana”, the hero of a series (...)

Petition for release of Agou John Wuoi from prison2018-02-15 20:45:31
Open letter to South Sudan President Salva Kiir
Your Excellency,
Kindly please permit me to take this rare opportunity to appreciate you for every effort you have made toward making South Sudan (...)